"On the one hand it is said that……" — Eduard Hanslick

On the one hand it is said that the aim and object… - Eduard Hanslick
"On the one hand it is said that the aim and object of music is to excite emotions, i.e., pleasurable emotions; on the other hand, the emotions are said to be the subject matter which musical works are intended to illustrate. Both propositions are alike in this, that one is as false as the other."

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